NHS BSP & ABS AUDIT OF SCREEN DETECTED BREAST CANCERS

The annual ABS  audit of screen detected breast cancers was undertaken to examine NHS Breast Screening Programme surgical activity. It was designed to assess surgical performance by comparison of data with as many as possible of the surgical Quality Assurance standards recommended by the UK NHS Breast Screening Programme.

• The number and invasive status of screen detected breast cancers
• Non-operative diagnosis and use of diagnostic open biopsy
• Treatment and size of all cancers
• Lymph node status, invasive grade and NPI score
• Waiting times
• Surgical caseload
• Repeat therapeutic operations
• Adjuvant therapy
• Survival analysis

For more details of the audit and to download the latest publication, please go to WMCIU website or NHS Cancer Screening website

Contact person: 

ABS Breast Audit Steering Group 
Dr Gill Lawrence 
Director of Breast Screening Quality Assurance 
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit 
Public Health Building 
The University of Birmingham 
Birmingham B15 2TT 

E-mail: qarc@wmciu.nhs.uk